Biden administration wants to standardize electric vehicle charging, like gas stations

11 NEWS’ JASON NEWTON WENT TO MARYLAND’S RESIDENT CAR GUUR OVER AT MOTOR WEEK FOR THE SCOOP ON ELECTRI >> IF YOU AREN’T ON FUMES. CHANCES ARE YOU ARE FUMI.NG THANKS TO THE PRICIEST GALLON WE’VE GUZZLED IN DECADES. BUT YOU WIELD THE POR.WE >> IT IS RIGHT TREHE. IT IS ELECTRIC. >> WHEN YOU ARE NOT EVEN TRYING. >> I AM SCARED. [LAUGHTER] >> SCARED OF THE TORQUE-PUMPING. BATTERY POWER BEHIND THIS FULLY ELECTRIC KIA EV6. FORTUNATELY, I HE AVCAR GURU, MOTORWEEK’S JOHN DAVIS AS MY CO-PILOT. AND FOR THE MOST PART, HE'’ SOLD. >> I DO THINK WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO B AUY CAR, MOSTLY FOR AROUND TOWN, AND YOCANU FIND A BATTERY OR ELECTRIC VEHLEIC, IT MAKES SENSE. >> KIA AND VOLVO ARE ANGMO THE NEARLY 20 ELECTRIFYING THE MARKET. >> IT IS BEING DRIVEN BY WHAT IS GOING ON IN EUROPE AND ASIA WHEREHEY T ARE REALLY PUSHING ELECTRIFICATION MUCH HARDER. HOWEVER, THESE ARE GLOBAL COMPANIES SO THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP THIS TECHNOLOGY BUT YOU CAN’T FORCE IT ON CONSUMERS. AT LEAST NOT IN THIS COUNTRY APPEARED I THINK ACCEPTANCE IS COMING, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE REST OF TH E WORLD. >> LET’S TALK ACCEPTANCE, I G ETIT. WE DRIVE OUR CARS, THEN GAS APPEAR THAT LITTLE LIGHT COMES ON AND WE DO IT AGAIN. SILE.MP YET, SIMPLE BUT EXPENSIVE. SAME CAR, DRIVER SIDE, ELECTRICITY TO REFUEL. ISTH IS A PLUG-IN HYBRID, BOTH ELECTRICITY AND GAS. YOU CAN RECHARGE AT HOME AND AT WORK. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. EXPERTS SAY IN T LONGHE RUN IT WILL BE CHEERAP THAN FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON YOU PUT IN THE PUMP. >> YOU CAN EXPECT A CHARGER BA TTERY AT ABOUT 80% IN ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES IDEALLY. A LEVEL TWO CHARGER USING THE SAME AMOUNT OF JUICE AS URYO HOME CLOSE DRIER COME ABOUT TO TWO HOURS FILL FROM EMP.TY UVALDE IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH YOU’RE GOING TO SAVE ON FUEL AND SOME MAINTENANCE IT’LL PAY ITSELF BACK IN PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, ANDF S I PRICES STAY HIGH EVEN SOONER >> AND YOU HAVE CHOICES. A PLUG-IN HYBRID HAS AAS G ENGINE, AND ELECTRICITY BUT TYPICALLY WITH A SHORTER ELECTRIC RANGE 20-50 MILES. THERE’S HYBRID, THAT GETS YOU OFF THE LINE, AND SLOWER SPEEDS USING ELECTRICITY AND THEN THE GAS MOTOR TAKES OVER. YOUR BRAKING DOES THE CHARGING. AND THEN LIKE THIS ONE HERE, THE FUYLL ELECTRIC KIA OR TESLA. >> 100% BATTERY. NO BACKUP GASOLINE ENGINE. >> ONCE YOU ARE DONE, YOU ARE DONE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU GET PLENTY OF WARNING ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE GETTING DOWN ON YOUR RANGE AND CHARGE LEVEL. >> THAT IS ABOUT 300 PLUS MILES PULL -- PER CHARGE. AS FOR WHERE TO CHARGET I >> A PERSON WON’T GO INTO A BLACK HOLE, SAY, IF YOU ARE GOING 100 SOME MILES AND NOT HAVE ALACE P TO CHARGE. >> RSTOA OF THE CARS INCLUDING THIS ONE CAN ACTUALLY HELP YOU PLOT YOUR COURSE AND TELL YOU WHERE THOSE CHARGERS EAR AND IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE. >> BOTTOM LINE, THE SEARCH TOWARD ELECTRIC HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. >> ELECTRIFICATION OF THE CAR IS HERE TO STAY. BUT, WE’VE STILL GOT HURDLES TO GET OVER. BUT THE FUTE,UR YOUR KIDS WILL BE DRIVING AN ALL ELECTRIC CAR. ASHLEY: SO, WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE? YOU ARE PAYING FOR THE TECHNOLOGY A LITTLE MORE ON THE FRONT END. IN FEBRUARY, THE COST FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE WAS ABOUT $60,000, COMPARED TO ABOUT 45,000 FOR ALL NEW VEHICLES. IN MARCH, EDMONDS SAW AN 18% INCREASE IN SHOPPE O

Every gas station is essentially the same -- the nozzle fits every vehicle, the pump takes common credit cards and the price is posted on a big sign. The Biden administration wants to make electric vehicle charging stations a lot more like that.Its new proposed rule would require the half-million electric vehicle chargers it plans to fund to be interoperable, similar to the way a gas pump works with any vehicle. Charging stations funded under the federal program would also be open to anyone -- prohibiting any membership requirements -- and set a common standard for payment and other technologies. The charging stations would be built along America's highways.Related video above: Electric vs. hybrid vs. gas-powered cars, which is right for you?The proposal, which came from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy on Thursday, comes as consumers at the pump continue to pay record-high gas prices. As CNN previously reported, the U.S. average for the price of a gallon of regular gas hit $4.96 according to the most recent reading from AAA Wednesday. It marked the 12th straight day, and the 29th time in the last 30 that gas has set a record in America.Though President Joe Biden recently acknowledged there was nothing he can do to bring down gas prices in the near term, his electric vehicle push is a part of his plan to address the climate crisis. In August of last year, the President announced a target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid.The new initiative is part of the administration's effort to ensure electric charging accessibility for all Americans and to target the key concerns preventing drivers from buying electric vehicles. Key among them is range anxiety, a driver's fear that he or she may not have enough charge to reach the next plug-in station.The Biden administration is also targeting other concerns by requiring standardized pricing and payment systems, and pouring billions into other efforts like fast charging battery technology.If finalized as drafted, the rule would apply to chargers funded by the federal infrastructure law signed last November. It includes about $5 billion that will go to states to build the charging networks, including funding that targets chargers along interstates and other major routes."To support the transition to electric vehicles, we must build a national charging network that makes finding a charge as easy as filling up at a gas station," said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Its new proposed rule would require the half-million electric vehicle chargers it plans to fund to be interoperable, similar to the way a gas pump works with any vehicle. Charging stations funded under the federal program would also be open to anyone -- prohibiting any membership requirements -- and set a common standard for payment and other technologies. The charging stations would be built along America's highways.

Related video above: Electric vs. hybrid vs. gas-powered cars, which is right for you?

The proposal, which came from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy on Thursday, comes as consumers at the pump continue to pay record-high gas prices. As CNN previously reported, the U.S. average for the price of a gallon of regular gas hit $4.96 according to the most recent reading from AAA Wednesday. It marked the 12th straight day, and the 29th time in the last 30 that gas has set a record in America.

Though President Joe Biden recently acknowledged there was nothing he can do to bring down gas prices in the near term, his electric vehicle push is a part of his plan to address the climate crisis. In August of last year, the President announced a target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid.

The new initiative is part of the administration's effort to ensure electric charging accessibility for all Americans and to target the key concerns preventing drivers from buying electric vehicles. Key among them is range anxiety, a driver's fear that he or she may not have enough charge to reach the next plug-in station.

The Biden administration is also targeting other concerns by requiring standardized pricing and payment systems, and pouring billions into other efforts like fast charging battery technology.

If finalized as drafted, the rule would apply to chargers funded by the federal infrastructure law signed last November. It includes about $5 billion that will go to states to build the charging networks, including funding that targets chargers along interstates and other major routes.

"To support the transition to electric vehicles, we must build a national charging network that makes finding a charge as easy as filling up at a gas station," said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Biden administration wants to standardize electric vehicle charging, like gas stations

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